Germany to consider offering LGBT Russians asylum: Justice Ministry
Meanwhile, the EU has strongly condemned the Russian Federation's decision to outlaw LGBT promotion and ban the movement’s activities in Russia.
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Guyana appeals to US and UN as Maduro advances annexation of territory | Venezuela
Request for help came after Venezuelan president announced series of measures to formalize a referendum Sunday evening
Pro-Russia Ukrainian MP Illia Kyva shot dead in Moscow suburb
Ukraine’s military intelligence spokesperson tells national TV that former politician ‘is done’
Guyana's president says it is preparing for a possible incursion by Venezuela into disputed area
Guyana's president tells The Associated Press his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in Guyana’s vast Essequibo region that it considers its own.
US Files War Crime Charges Against Russian Troops Accused of Torturing an American in Ukraine
The case marks the first prosecution against Russians in connection with atrocities during their war against Ukraine and is the first war crimes case involving the victimization of an American, officials said.
Iranian regime accused of raping and violating protesters as young as 12
Amnesty International report details ‘harrowing’ testimonies of survivors at hands of security forces following nationwide protests
Russian forces are killing their own wounded with drones to stop them from surrendering, Ukrainian officials say
Russia is accused of killing its soldiers who try to surrender. Ukrainian officials now say it's using drones to kill wounded to stop it happening.
Venezuela-Guyana dispute: Maduro mobilizes the army and announces annexation of Essequibo
Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello
IDF locates 'massive weapons depot' in Gaza
See the photos: The weapons stockpile, including long-range rockets aimed at central Israel, was discovered near a medical clinic and a school in the heart of a residential neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip
Israeli hostage's parents slams Red Cross for lack of action
Parents of Omer Wenkert, who suffers from a chronic illness, say that meeting with the organization led nowhere in efforts to pass life-saving medication to their son; 'Our worry in these 60 days has been over the need to save Omer twice, once from his illness, and once from captivity'
At least 10 freed hostages were sexually abused by Hamas in captivity, doctor says
Kim Jong-un cries as he tells women to have more babies
Kim Jong-un has been filmed crying while appealing to North Korea’s women to have more children and raise them to love the authoritarian state.
Putin Called Out Over ‘Deliberate Extermination’ of Russian Troops
Their families say troops in Avdiivka are being sent to their deaths so the Russian president can claim a victory at his upcoming end-of-year press conference.
US urban warfare expert says 'traumatized' by Hamas atrocities film in viral post
John Spencer's X thread describing the terrorists' body cam footage garners over 15 million views; 'I hated having to watch the video. You can’t unsee the evil shown in it. No one should want to see it, but the horrors of that day should never be forgotten. Never rationalized away'
Nine arrested over pro-Palestinian banner in London. Banner reading ‘globalise the intifada’ was hung outside building that police say was being used by squatters
Banner reading ‘globalise the intifada’ was hung outside building that police say was being used by squatters
Russians ordered to conquer Avdiivka before Putin's annual phone-in show
Over a hundred family members of mobilised soldiers have written a letter to Putin claiming that soldiers were being thrown into the meat-grinder in Avdiivka in an attempt to capture the city before the dictator’s yearly Q&A with the public on 14 December. [Direct Line with Vladimir Putin is an annual televised event in which the president responds to Russian citizens’ questions live for several hours – ed.].
Earth on verge of five catastrophic tipping points, scientists warn
Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms
Maduro orders the 'immediate' exploitation of oil, gas and mines in Guyana's Essequibo
Putin betrayed us, say wives and mothers of Russian soldiers
Mothers and wives of mobilised men in Russia have called Vladimir Putin a liar and launched a campaign to get their sons and husbands back from the front line in Ukraine.